POV’s Miami Game Day Thread

Here we go friends. The team is in Miami and ready to stop their QB, pound their defensive line to bruised meat and bring an ACC win back to Pittsburgh. Our predictions have been cast in stone and what’s left to do is out of the fan’s hands.

But don’t let that stop you from willing them to play their very best through this game thread.

Have at it friends – this one will define this season I believe – win and we have a good shot at bettering last year’s record which is what we want to see from our coaching staff – progression.

Hey guys just checking in. I little girl has her birthday party today then we’re flying home to see my mom. The end is very near for her so please keep her in your prayers the last few weeks have sped up considerably and as many of you guys said it’s been real tough. I love my pit POV family and appreciate you guys. I like pit the win the game but I have a hard time thinking Miami’s gonna lose four street or five straight for that matter. This game will come down to coaching. I do think it’ll be lower scoring.

How can we have hope that Narduzzi can have a good defence some day. Webb should be carrying water I can’t stand watching him and the rest aren’t any better. I rather lose with young guys. Way to go Q!!!

we all know this pass defense sucks ass. I don’t care how well these upper class men practiced this week. I don’t care that the freshmen don’t “know” the plays. Webb and Lewis cannot ever be on the field again. Get the youngsters out there no matter what.

I may just watch the offense and turn it off when we’re on defense. The problem with that is that the other team scores so fast…..

Something just HAPPENS to opposing Quarterbacks when they get to go against Terrish Webb, Ryan Lewis (Worst Offenders) and Pitt’s USELESS linebackers —- They are like Sharks who smell the profuse-bleeding, and Wolves who Smell Weakness and Fear — Lewis and Webb especially are just SO BAD I’m starting to question the literal sanity of the Defensive Staff????

Lob pass for a td. NO PASS DEFENCE///NADA. Every team is just throwing and throwing and …. I believe that unless we can turn our recruiting around we are going to be living in company with BC and Wake Forest. HCPN strays with a system that DOES NOT Mach our total lack of talent.

Urgh —- & no-exaggeration, with Matt Galambos (just…..horrible, why even bother?? Put a Cardboard cut-out there in the middle each snap) , Idowu (useless — contributes nothing whatsoever) and then now Caprara is back (Not a good player, not even close — slow, zero speed, makes zero plays) — Pitt’s Linebacking core this year has been just as BAD, and is just as responsible for this horrific defense as the d-backs .

Thank GOODNESS for the monsoon and the refs helping Pitt out there 😉 !!!

Narduzzi can’t stop any team with this load of stiffs on D. We have Whitehead and a few guys on the D-line and that’s it. Everyone else has to be replaced. No system he installs will work when almost everyone on the defensive side of the ball stinks.

This reminds me of the same old Steelers when Chuck Noll took over. Guys with heart but zero speed/talent. .

For whatever reason our offense continues to keep us in games. I guess our offensive coordinator and staff realize the type of talent they have and utilize that talent to their potential aka coaching them up.

If we had anything that resembled a decent or average pass defense I still believe we could have had a few more wins.

Sometimes the hyperbole by announcers is too much Overkill —- Takeo Spikes is the “Color Guy” here — Miami Player and Diehard Fan lol — sometimes you can hear him die a little inside after each horrible Miami penalty 🙂 hahaha

^^^ No Intentional Grounding would’ve pushed Miami back 10 more yards PLUS A LOSS OF DOWN —- what the heck there was no receiver why wasn’t Narduzzi going insane???? THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE PROPER TIME TO GO INSANE???!!!!!! lol

I hate to use this word, but it’s the truth: he is a “Head-case” . Literally a First-Round NFL Talent body, but he just dropped a DIME from Nathan Peterman for a go-ahead TD that would have got him on Sportscenter. Hopeless

Everyone bitched about Narduzzi’s antics so he just sat there. 10 yards and a loss of down would have been big. Let the guy coach, I see all good. PITT fans are not use to seeing a team with this kind of fight in them.

lots of well deserved criticism of our DBacks. But not enough blame (except DK) towards our slow, unathletic (but really smart, right?) linebackers. Isolate on them and watch how slow they are and therefore never in position – except Wiggins who doesn’t play enough.

^^^ Honestly — I think Josh Conklin and the entire defensive staff are just being give a total PASS BY Narduzzi for this whole season, I truly do. I think Conklin just went to Narduzzi and said, “My Hands are Totally-Tied Boss, and by legs are tied-up — we just have empty coffers over here.” I really do —- Because they aren’t even trying on that side of the ball except the D-Line is playing their hearts out each week.

We’re all Conner fans but what happened to Moss, Hall and Ollison? Never established any run game today. I see a good day for the defense. I think we may hold them under 60 and it won’t be an all-time Miami passing record. Something to build on for Clemson next week.

Coverage team is so bad at downing punts. Ryan Winslow gives them the second amazing hangtime punt to down inside the 5, and not one gunner looks up in the sky to even track the ball . Hope the gunners have to run punishment-sprints all Sunday lol

Only hope at Clemson is that Watson is laughing so hard at how wide open his receivers are that he can’t throw the ball. Let’s remember how hard it is to come in and play corner in a major conference next time we have a freshman superstar. Damar Hamlin may end being great, but unlikely to see that this year going against junior and senior receivers.

And Matt Canada totally abandoned the run game this game. Some games like today you gotta chill-out with all the misdirection and play some SMASH MOUTH BALL against a Miami team known for folding-up when you hit them in the mouth.

Instead Canada tried to say, Nathan Peterman is gonna have to win this game with his arm —- Yeah, no, hasn’t worked-out

Another play where if a db just turns around and uses the sideline he knocks that pass down or picks it off…I don’t care if that is Revis back there, if he is coached to play that way the result will be the same

Just cannot be so bad a key phase of the game like pass defense and be any better than an average team. We are an average ACC team at best. Beat Duke and/or Syracuse (neither of which is guaranteed) and head to a lower tier bowl game. We’ve seen this movie before.

Nick, I’ve been having that same feeling….Pitt football is a perennial six win, seven, and on good years eight win program. Even when we could have had an 11 win season we blew it against Cincy. We have the program Pitt brass will tolerate and more importantly – pay for. Sure, there was big talk when Gallagher fired Steve Pederson…but guess what? Heinz Field is going to look a lot like it did that day back in 2014 against Duke – depressing, half empty – when Gallagher decided to do something. But something, so far, hasn’t been nearly enough. Using academics as an excuse for mediocre athletics is bullshit.

This is why blaming fans at any given time is pointless.

Imagine if Jock Sutherland hadn’t been told to demphasize and Pitt had been a Michigan (or Penn State-type) winner for decades. Pretty sure there would be no need to complain about fans or sell tickets.

Pitt could have spent big bucks and gotten an experienced head coach. They are petrified to be top dollar (they being Pitt’s bots).

In sports, as in most other things, money counts in results. Why is Chryst so successful at Wisconsin? In this case, it’s not so much about money as it is support. He’s got the whole university behind him.

Pitt half-asses it regularly. I don’t mean the players, the student fans, the alums, or even the coaches. It’s the big bad Pitt brass who only expect mediocrity.

Yes, next time they talk about winning championships, ask them to show you the money. It isn’t there.

^^^ Yeah after watching Pitt’s LB’s this whole season I gotta respect the greats lol — @ emel1981 just the idea of Pitt having 3 NFL quality linebackers starting on defense would be Earth-changing at this point lol

We simply are a 6/7 win team
With Narduzzi. That is why you hire proven. You want a hunting dog you buy a hunting dog. You don’t buy a Yorkie and hope he learns to hunt even though you are paying him proven hunter salary.

How do you go for a fake punt from the 50 in the first half when the game is close——then NOT go for it on 4th and one, down by 2 scores, Do Or DIE???

And why didn’t Pat Narduzzi ARGUE WITH THE REFS ON THAT OBVIOUS, CLEAR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING TO END THE 2ND HALF — then would have made Miami have to Punt from 10+ yards farther back, after he went INSANE OVER NOTHING last game????

Is anyone surprised at them laying another egg? I mean, with the exception of 1997 and some vague memory about being fairly good in the early 2000s, this bullshit has been the case for 25+ years, talent or no talent. Sometimes with lots of talent. Makes me sick.

gc, yes he did but I think Whitehead has regressed on defense. This the really the first game we appeared unprepared to play and didn’t battle to the end. Look for some kind of controversy this week. Transfer talk, arguments, off the field stuff, etc. This will be a test of Narduzzi as motivator and not just XXs and OOs.

Pretty much what I thought, but very,very disappointing. Today is the day I lost all respect for PN. You quit on your players, no bullshit explanations. Next week Clemson will lay at least 80,yes 80 on this excuse for a team. Go to PU, go back to the Big, do not see them winning again, and forget recruiting. Like so many others, big talk, little walk.

Shoot — maybe the Michigan State AD called Narduzzi and said Dantonio’s out and Narduzzi said he wanted to go-home Prodigal Son Style — Because Pat Narduzzi’s body made the trip but it seems frankly like he honestly just doesn’t care this week, straight-up.

@Reed I am going to be 110% with you no matter how upset + irritated + frustrated you are with Pitt Football .

I honestly don’t think that’s Pat Narduzzi — I think he’s up in East Lansing with their AD (Michigan State is 2-7 and lost to freakin’ Illinois today !!! lol) — and he sent some lookalike, Body-Double just to stand around the sideline.

Hey — But in SOME WAYS it’s indisputable that it’s never, ever going to be Same Old Pitt in all ways from now on —-> ACC >>>> Big East : 1,000X more money and exposure, which YES, will give Pitt as much money as they need to spend on sports should they elect to do so. So, Pitt can get there…. 😦 😦 😦 😦 just obviously not QUITE THERE AS OF-YET (lol, I’m a Genius, huh!!)

RKB – yep that describes Stallings perfectly. An old blind and dead hunting dog. That guys press conf was a joke as he is and as our Fat Head Fuck AD. Narduzzi sucks. He used a DC role and twitter to trick Pitt President into
Hiring him for 3M. What a fraud he is. Go back to Youngstown High FakeDuzzi.

Turned off the game when Weah dropped the perfect pass to him in the 2nd quarter…probably would have been good for a TD and could have made a difference to go in at halftime potentially with the lead…If we only had a decent defense…yes, thought it was an odd call to call a fake punt in the 1st half on 4th and 10 and not go for in on 4th and 1 in the 2nd half when down 2 scores…hoping for 7-5 and a win in a bowl game to finish 8-5…please, please, please recruit some solid defensive players

Who wants to bet that Pat Narduzzi already kinda decided he wants to take another job???? Because I NEVER, EVER, IN ONE-TRILLION YEARS expected that he would just come Mail-In a game like this???

I think he’s decided already to go back to Michigan State (again 2-7 and 0-6 !!! in the Big 10 now), or his Agent has fielded other offers from another school

Hopefully Chancellor Gallagher is READY FOR ANY POSSIBLE SCENARIO and is gonna open-up Pitt’s Fat Pocketbook and PACKED COFFERS to go get Les Miles (originally from Ohio and wants to coach again ASAP!) or someone who his gonna cost $$$$ — BUT is gonna get Pitt Football to New Heights and the Elite Tier.

Im done, I can no longer invest the time or money to this. SOP was actually better. And as bad as this is BB will be worse. Stallings a in game genius, LMAO. If that’s what you think you are high. And Stallings wants to play Artis at the point. Nothing else needs to be said.
That’s all guys, see you on the other side!

Really starting to believe the whole MSU thing was all Smoke & Mirrors and playing very weak passing and very weak teams period. Certainly it was against teams a lot slower with a lot less athleticism than those in the ACC. Which is why I call it the BigJoke.

No real pressure on Kaaya====>loss.
Very disappointed with this, did not expect such a beating and then the punt of 4th down with over 2 min left…..then the last multiple missed tackle run by Miami. Spirit breaker for both team and ME.

Ok, so lets get started with hoops and have Stallings shock the world with this fairly experienced Pitt basketball team. See you at the end of the month against UMd with Turgeon and crew…H2P basketball!!!

Tvax – only shocker is Stallings leaving for Stanley steamer or Brisell or AARP or Men hair club. No one wants these bums. Vandy was firing the turd but Mormon marty hired him through his search firm uncle.

Well, things are looking el stinko in Pantherland, however, the “Freightened Irish” lost today to Navy and are now 3-6. NDU gets fantastic recruiting classes only to dump them into Kelly’s garbage disposal. 4*s are all over the place and somehow with all their talent and fanatic and frantic fans they come up short. Does misery love company?

Tough game. Man, I can’t believe you guys. Can’t coach, can’t recruit, can’t win,,,can’t, can’t, can’t. This is his second year. His dudes are redshirt freshman. Brightwell looks good. Moss looks good. Hamlin will improve. OL looks strong. This is a qb game. We are a solid qb playmaker away from big things. MacPitt coming into a grat situation. Wine reception each and every week here. Did anyone here play professional sports? How often do you see professionals whining? Not many, but when you do it makes big news. Why? Because whiners are nothing but troublemakers disguised as people that want to win real bad. The people that really want to win see the positive and build up versus rip down.

Now I am having doubts about Narduzzi. His team quit today – which was a first – and that is a horrible precedent. Everyone in their right mind knew this year would be a major step back. Which is fine – as long as the team never quits. Anymore quitting this year… and he can look at being the Purdue LB coach.

I gave up last Thursday night leaving Heinz and really Pitt Football will never amount to anything again.
We have 30,000 rabid fans, win or lose…. another 20,000 when we win. That’s it ! Sad truth is no one else gives a damn!

Today the team gave up. Down 13 in 4th Q w 8:14 to go in the game with 4th and a short yard on the 19… and we punt !

We frick n punted!!!!!!!!!

Today Naruzzi (Where’s the D) gave up. It appears he no longer gives a damn!

Just for the record, I have no expectations about Pitt sports anymore except that occasionally I’ll get sucked into the hype and then fall flat on my face. Enjoy the ride. At least we are in a Power 5 conference. Pitt goes Pitting. It’s now a fact of life.

Dan72:
30,000 read fans and another 20,000 who will join the bandwagon when we win. That presents great potential if the university decided having a top notch football program was at least as important as slathering UMPC’s name on everything in sight. But it’s not. Pitt’s geriatric trustees just don’t get it.

When Reed talks to Nordenburg once a year, I hope he doesn’t give approval to Nordenberg’s cheap cheap cheap approach to sports.

One more thing… that 55 yard TD at the end… that was ’96 OSU punt return with 9 on the field crap. No one even tried to bring down the ball carrier. Maddox backed away like the it was a prostitute w/ aids coming towards him.

This team reminded me of when they quit Wanny against Miami at Heinz. Its always a speed and talent issue with Pitt playing against the Canes. And today we were outcoached. Thug U wins and Pitt is shit as a Hoopie would say. I would have to agree. On to more Pitt misery with basketball this year.

Why was NP still on the field for Pitt’s last series. Very stupid, he was running around for his life, Cane D-Line was teeing off. He could have got injured very easily. Again why risk it, and why not give some other QB a few snaps of Live Game Action ????????

Wake Forest trailed 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers had opportunities to build on the advantage. But as has often been the case in the Deacons’ wins under coach Dave Clawson, the team’s defense made momentum-shifting plays